Abstract
Summary and Conclusions 1. Balantidium coli was found to occur at the rate of 0.6% among a group of approximately 3,000 Puerto Rican patients. 2. In 18 of 20 cases a history of close contact with pigs was elicited. 3. All 20 cases found were in children. 4. B. coli infection has a predilection for children, and among children, for males. 5. The low rate of infection in adults suggests that the infection tends to be spontaneously eliminated. 6. Of the amebicidal drugs which have been tried in B. coli infection, Diodoquin gives the most satisfactory results.
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